On the eve of D-Day, Isaac Levendel's mother left her hiding place on a farm in southern France and never returned. After 40 years of silence and torment, he returned to France in 1990 determined to find out what had happened. This is the story of how, with perseverance, luck, and official help, he gained access to secret wartime documents laying bare the details of French collaboration-and the truth about his mother's fate.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword

He Who…

1.

The Cherry Season

2.

The Waltz of Names

3.

Inside My Little Circle

4.

Maréchal, Here We Are!

5.

The “Foreign” Jews of 1942

6.

Les Français parlent aux Français

7.

David and Goliath

8.

He Is Not Like the Rest of Us

9.

Claire

10.

The Steltzers

11.

He Who Saves One Single Life…

12.

The Liberation

13.

Back to the Steltzers

14.

The Soldier's Tale

15.

Back to Normal

16.

The Family Souret

17.

In My Mother's Shoes

18.

A Souret or a Lewendel?

19.

It's Hard to Be a Jew

IN THE MEANTIME…

20.

Do Not Turn Around

21.

“Political” Deportee Number 23925

22.

Close Calls

23.

The Train of Memory

24.

“The Germans Did It!”

25.

The “Papon” of Avignon

26.

The Victim and the Hangman All in One

27.

The Cherry Farm

28.

The French Connection

29.

The Anatomy of National Amnesia

In Lieu of an Epilogue

Notes

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On the eve of D-Day, Isaac Levendel's mother left her hiding place on a farm in southern France and never returned. After 40 years of silence and torment, he returned to France in 1990 determined to find out what had happened. This is the story of how, with perseverance, luck, and official help, he gained access to secret wartime documents laying bare the details of French collaboration-and the truth about his mother's fate.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword

He Who…

1.

The Cherry Season

2.

The Waltz of Names

3.

Inside My Little Circle

4.

Maréchal, Here We Are!

5.

The “Foreign” Jews of 1942

6.

Les Français parlent aux Français

7.

David and Goliath

8.

He Is Not Like the Rest of Us

9.

Claire

10.

The Steltzers

11.

He Who Saves One Single Life…

12.

The Liberation

13.

Back to the Steltzers

14.

The Soldier's Tale

15.

Back to Normal

16.

The Family Souret

17.

In My Mother's Shoes

18.

A Souret or a Lewendel?

19.

It's Hard to Be a Jew

IN THE MEANTIME…

20.

Do Not Turn Around

21.

“Political” Deportee Number 23925

22.

Close Calls

23.

The Train of Memory

24.

“The Germans Did It!”

25.

The “Papon” of Avignon

26.

The Victim and the Hangman All in One

27.

The Cherry Farm

28.

The French Connection

29.

The Anatomy of National Amnesia

In Lieu of an Epilogue

Notes

REQUEST ACCESSIBLE FILE

If you are a student who has a disability that prevents you
from using this book in printed form, BiblioVault may be able to supply you
with an electronic file for alternative access.

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